New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-23
n HUNTINGTON HITS HARD.
.srrNe EVERY ATTACK WITH vIGoR.

I...aAe Railway Commission was cohtinuoo anu oon-
s.1 Yesterday. The day VAS not 40 exciting one as
Ieiuos vet it wac full of incident The exami-
ea =, the ancient Cotton letters was again great
a, the day Mr.. Huntington appeared, as be-
- ,med at all points for the questions addressed to
w. lft.r recess he cross-examined by Mr.. Cohen,
sourut out clearly the enormous expense attending
aing Of the mountain parts OF the Central Pacific
v" .n az the attitude Of the Government toward the
Tn. Cotton letters were resumed and Mr.. Ander-
Os' bis onslaught with reference to the passage
w a, the epistles, In which In March, 1877, d. b.
| n. introduced Senator -, OF Florida, good
IA friend OF the road" this being the Southern
Pacific. su. .o,. r,.,,
. -hom you refer in the letter
l W." Huntington III know Senators Jones and Conover
/ ... them In Washington. think they were rather
10 u.s. as road was especially beneficial to the
1 ',s senator Conover went to California about this
~. The mandate In the letter not to go any money
~" :. him meant simply not to loan any money.
"a. n who go" was in the lines Of April 8, 1877.
n careful to elect Senator from California who will
90, n. fairly would be friendly" the witness could
~, .v whether it referred to Senator Sargent But
/ |. aav added Mr. Huntington, never heard OF him
e.nt as man above suspicion. Mr.. Sargent was in
The senate at the time, believe
Odd you write, 4 made Jones an offer for the
IA, Angeles road to get that road out Of the way and
.,.,n hs help for usi" A-The idea Is familiar to me-
Aout remember having written it bought the road,
svsyer giving 100000 In cash and $4,000 shares Of
.soer The Western Development Company bought the
sd and then leased 1t to the Central Pacific Senator
ions said the road cost him $7l6,OO0.
W Huntington was next asked about this:
60 10 very good-natured now and we must have
5 friends from the West Coast In the next Congress-
md will be worth more us than six new men"
Mr. Huntington-I can't recall having written that
snt 10 say here however, that there seems to be dis
,o,Ition to injure public men, and wish to say
hat never gave Senator Jones any money for purposes
flosation He docs not need any to protect him,
Int wish this denial to be entered on the record.
Mr. Anderson went to these lines: Senator -
nav want to borrow some money, but too short
10 let him have any In California means business,
mt there In W. He and his brother are both good
fellows" Mr. Huntington could not give the name OF
The eenator there was q number OF Senators who
we're aps want to borrow but would not be
ssfe to have any hand to loan" Mr.. Huntington
thought further that he could hardly be expected TO
remember all he had written in all these years The
witness characterized the Thurman bill as political
measure make capital IN forcing us TO do what we
were trying to do Of own accord" He could not
state who Senator Of Kansas" was, who was
spokcn Of as good fellow who do Us much good
letter of October So 1877 contained this passage:
Tho committees made up for the XLVth Con-
Ress The Railroad Committee 10 all right, but not the
Committee on Territories l was promised different
one think there many strikers In
Warrington and there likely to DO more adverse Dis
against u.s."
THE WITNESS NOT AFRAID OF BATTLE.
Mr. Huntington do not remember having written
sny suoh thing We always had committees closely
watched There always lot OF members Of the
third house." not organized under the Constitution
who wanted to make enough pay their board bills
One communication The temper Of Congress is
not good and l afraid we will be nurt. and don't
feel now ike battling ainst the whole human race as
Of nt-u al
as his for he did remember when he had ever been
afraid Of q battle.
Don't remember the letter." was his comment on
this don't think get any legislation on land
grants this session. unless pay than 1t is worth
for IT, Jim Keene and Jay Gould are trying to pass
the Thurman bill and will pay for It."
Mr. Cohen here put in protest against the proposed
reading of letter which he called anonymous as pro-
fessed TO be from Senator -" This kind OF in
yestigation said the counsel, Is foolish Illegal and
farcical" The epstle read MT. Huntington could
NOT say whether II was from Senator Pomeroy. am
MOISTURE that had letter from him. said the wit
ness. Another extract was:
hold the $4,000 of bonds for ten years paid
10 senator for the Los Angeles road, but will pay
him the coupons can do us much good and says no
will"
Mr. Huntington disposed of this by saying simply that
was usual hold bonds after their sale to prevent
their being thrown on market Then he went on to
say:
ANY one can construe almost anything wrong II he
wants to- One has proved by the Bible that 1t was
rIgnt TO kill brother. He made bet on 1t and won
He turned to the account of Cain killing Abel and
further on pointed to the passage: Go thou and do
likewise"
versy This Congress is nothing but agrarian CAMP
composed Of the worst body OF men got together
When come to California have somebody ready to buy
me out am tired of this whole business" MI Hunt
ing on explained his disgust at the time In these words:
There were many Anarchists. Socialists aud Com
rnu lists In public poston-nen like Most striking at
pro ery and great projects or course there were good
mel in Congress; others not was disguised with
the pulling and hauling especially the efforts TO show
that purposes not right and proper may say
too that have been greatly annoyed at this commits
sons efforts find something nasty In these stolen let
ters may have lost my temper. but trust the honor
able members OF the commission will pardon mo-"
Mr. Anderson tgently).-we have an infinite fund OF
goodnature, Mr.. Huntington.
After this exchange OF sentiment letter upon letter
read with passages referring to the work In behalf
the Central Pacific; and once again Mr. Huntington
took express his disgust that great project
of 80 much benefit the public should meet with such
opposjtjon Judge Thurman had wined and dined SEN
slors at his house before the passage OF ms pill
logrolling" rht witness called IT, but be himself nad
small army Of men at work explaining matters ana
the project in oil ss b ase Mr
: Oh, it was awful! I wish you would try it once"
Mr.. Anderson.-No, thank you hope never shaii.
Mr. Huntington thought that he alone had disoursed
money In Washington on the unitenllzed accounts AZ
though Mr. Yates might have spent some when the
Fnance Company settled up IL was In debt Its assets
Central Pacific stock which was not worth enough
to pay the debts. There were also rome land grant
bonds not as much, probably, as S1,OOO,OOO or
900 He could not tell the amount, as the ac-
count was jotted down in little memorandum doom.
Mr. Huntington declared that quite large percent
age" OF Central Pacific traffic had gone over 70 lne
Southern Pacific in the last few years Jhcle haa mSt
much effect locally. The separation OF the eupsi
died part of the road from the rest would probably
prove Injurious as 1t would lie opened to competition OF
short lines. .,
Mr. Cohen at the close OF the morning session stated
that Mr. Hunt ngton would hand In written statement
within fifteen days of plan OF scte nent OF the Central
Pacific debt As Mr.. Huntington departed at noon he
sald smilngly to the reporters: 80, ,,..,
hope YOU gentlemen OF the press VIII use me little
better than you did yesterday. STILL can stand almost
anything"
STRONG INFLUENCE or THE THIRD HOUSE.
Mr. Cohen took up the crossexamnstion after recess
Mr. Huntington was esked II by the term agrarian
camp" he did not mean the |" third house" WELL"
sad he the third house used to magnify Its influence